ADEPTAPRIL/APR26

 Mistigram: AdeptApril observes an occasion today in #ANSIart you may not have been aware was in effect: it's #Alien Day! (I sure hope it's the "we come in peace" variety, not the "in space, no one can hear you scream" kind.)

ADEPTAPRIL/APR25

 Mistigram: what would life be without it? (I don't know, but it sure wouldn't be pretty!) Today AdeptApril uses #ANSIart to observe #DNA Day, where we celebrate our favorite combination of adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine.

ADEPTAPRIL/APR24

 Mistigram: this #ANSIart screen by AdeptApril observes the World Day for Laboratory Animals. (Depicted is a #LabRat being trained to solve the Daily Struggle / Two Buttons meme.)

ADEPTAPRIL/APR23

 Mistigram: you can do what you like today, but tonight is reserved for a good read. AdeptApril reminds us with this #ANSIart screen that it's World #Book night!

BLNDR2024B/CHECS-FALKOR

 Mistigram: congratulations to @checo.eco of Las #HermanasDelPerroMagnético for winning this past weekend's Blender improvised computer art competition with this #ANSIart interpretation of the topics DRAGON / HOT YOGA / GROW OP. It's a strikingly non-canonical interpretation of #Falcor the Luck Dragon from #theNeverendingStory but it's a great fit! If you're curious how the other entries turned out, you can check them out via the @sixteen_colors web gallery at https://16colo.rs/pack/blndr2024b/

ADEPTAPRIL/APR22

 Mistigram: they say that April is the cruelest month, which often most applies when you want to put on your beach clothes and log some quality time in the sun. AdeptApril recognizes the official weather of this month in this animated #ANSIart screen, celebrating #AprilShowers. (Cheer up, they bring May flowers!)

ADEPTAPRIL/APR21

 Mistigram: yesterday was about depressants, today it's stimulants to get us back on track! AdeptApril uses the medium of #ANSIart to illustrate the blossom of the Camellia sinensis plant, from which we derive #tea leaves. One lump or two?

ADEPTAPRIL/APR20

 Mistigram: It's late in the day but not yet too late to find a quiet little spot in nature and emulate AdeptApril's #ANSIart celebration of #420. #NORML

BLNDR2024B/WORDS

 Mistigram: the words for this weekend's Blender improvised art competition have been announced! In deference to the occasion of 4/20, we challenge you to incorporate all three topics of DRAGON / HOT YOGA / GROW OP into your contest entry. General Blender details at https://mistigris.org/blender/blend.html , submission countdown (as of press time, you have about 22.5 hours) at https://lazarusblocks.com/blender/

ADEPTAPRIL/APR19

 Mistigram: start melting butter in that pan, because today AdeptApril celebrates everyone's second-favorite allium, #Garlic, in the conspicuously odour-free medium of #ANSIart!

ADEPTAPRIL/APR18

 Mistigram: may I have your attention, please! Today's AdeptApril #ANSIart screen observes an important event (that might, in turn, be observing you back) -- #Velociraptor Awareness Day. But please be warned: awareness of the velociraptor may not be sufficient to ensure your safety...

"You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the side, from the other two 'raptors you didn't even know were there."

BLNDR2024A/ZIR-MMAK

 Mistigram: @zirroneous of Fire Graphics was awarded second place for the most recent Blender improvised computer art competition, with this long #ANSIart interpretation of the topics MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS / ROBBERY / ARRAKIS. We are hosting another Blender this weekend, Apr 20-21, on channel #blender on the EFNet. You are all welcome to particpate! Broad details at https://mistigris.org/blender/blend.html

ADEPTAPRIL/APR17

 Mistigram: Eek! AdeptApril celebrates today's occasion of #Bat Appreciation Day with this #ANSIart illustration of a fluttering little critter eating 50% of its body weight in insects every night.

BLNDR2024A/NI-BL124

 

Mistigram: "The Blender" is an improvised computer art competition where participants try to "blend" three spontaneous topics into a unified work of art. Last time around @_n1tr0n took the assigned topics of "Power Rangers / Robbery / Arrakis" as license to draw this #ANSIart portrait of #ElizabethBanks as #RitaRepulsa, and for his trouble he took home third prize.

We are running another Blender compo this weekend, from May 20-21. General details at https://mistigris.org/blender/blend.html , or just jump in to channel #blender on the EFNet IRC. Cheers & Blend on!

ADEPTAPRIL/APR15

 Mistigram: Really this day comes up every week or so, but I suppose if you have a large enough wardrobe you can get away with doing it once a year -- though it would take a week to get through!  That's right, it's laundry day -- National Laundry Day -- commemorated here in an #ANSIart illustration by AdeptApril of hypnotic laundromat washing machines.

ADEPTAPRIL/APR14

 

Mistigram: it's a wild twofer today: you get both National #Dolphin Day as well as the International Day of #Pink. (As for the pink dolphins in the Amazon? For them, it's just another regular day!) This observant #ANSIart screen was drawn by AdeptApril.

ADEPTAPRIL/APR13

 Mistigram: today AdeptApril celebrates the favorite board game of spelling bee enthusiasts worldwide, so here's an #ANSIart grid of fixed-width semigraphics characters representing a grid of fixed-width letters on a #Scrabble board. Try to play it on a triple word score!

ADEPTAPRIL/APR12

 Mistigram: hold your breath, we're leaving the troposphere! Today AdeptApril helps us to celebrate the International Day of Human #Spaceflight with this #ANSIart screen of an #astronaut conducting an #EVA.

LDA/APR11

 Mistigram: AdeptApril helps us to celebrate other occasions every other day, so today we can celebrate her: she gets a day off for her #birthday, with this guest #ANSIart screen again provided by LDA. Hats off!

ADEPTAPRIL/APR10

 Mistigram: Fore! AdeptApril makes today's observance of Golfer's Day official with an #ANSIart screen.

ADEPTAPRIL/APR09

 Mistigram: this Spring has already been a pretty magical season, what with the appearance of the Easter eggs, Christ's resurrection and that business with the eclipse, and capping it all off, today is National #Unicorn Day! This #ANSIart screen celebrating the occasion was drawn by AdeptApril for Storm BBS.

MIST0521/BLIPPYPIXEL-TOTAL_ECLIPSE

 

Mistigram: in keeping with today's zeitgeist of #totality, here's a #BBCMicro high resolution graphics screen by @blippypixel depicting the main event, cosmically speaking: a #TotalEclipse.  This piece was included in the science fiction-themed MIST0521 artpack collection released three years ago.

ADEPTAPRIL/APR08

 

Mistigram: everywhere you look online today, everyone is discussing the same topic: that's right, _drawing birds_. How did they all know how timely they were? I have no idea, but now thanks to AdeptApril's #ANSIart illustration on the subject, you're also up to speed with today's unlikely observance.

ADEPTAPRIL/APR07

 Mistigram: As the polka gods proclaimed: "In heaven there is no #beer, that's why we drink it here." Today is the official celebration of the sudsy beverage, commemorated here in #ANSIart form by AdeptApril. Bottoms up!

ADEPTAPRIL/APR06

 Mistigram: it may no longer be the most popular subject of video games that it was for the six years before Space Invaders hit the scene, but #PingPong, aka #TableTennis, remains an exciting sport still widely played today -- as commemorated by this #ANSIart screen by AdeptApril.

ADEPTAPRIL/APR05

 Mistigram: today, we celebrate the weed everyone hates to love, the sunny #dandelion! This #ANSIart observance of its day was drawn by AdeptApril.

LDA/APR04

 Mistigram: LDA takes a guest spot at the calendar celebration bureau today with this #ANSIart screen celebrating everyone's favourite source of vitamin A, the #carrot.

ADEPTAPRIL/APR03

 Mistigram: step right up, step right up! In the centre ring, we have the perilous, death-defying #trapeze, which will be conquered by the Flying F9 Brothers! AdeptApril is celebrating American #Circus Day with this #ANSIart look at a three-ring circus under the big top. (I guess other countries' circuses are more flying or maximal?)

ADEPTAPRIL/APR02

 Mistigram: AdeptApril is the System Operator of the Storm Bulletin Board System (pictured above, on a wet day), and has drawn this #ANSIart screen in celebration of International SysOps' Day. Please leave your appreciation in the oneliners, not the page button!

ADEPTAPRIL/APR01

 Mistigram: at this point in your social media day, you have probably already noticed that it is #AprilFools today. Nevertheless, we have a duty to remind you with AdeptApril's #ANSIart #JackInTheBox. Hope you had a funny day!

ADEPTAPRIL/MAR31

 Mistigram: are you tired of burning the candle at both ends? Modern science offers an efficient replacement: the #BunsenBurner! So fill up your Erlenmeyer flask with a celebratory hot drink of your choice and let's get cooking! This #ANSIart observance of Bunsen burner day was drawn by AdeptApril.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAR30

 Mistigram: it seems that today is an occasion to appreciate how good you've got it -- as per AdeptApril's #ANSIart illustration, it's "Grass is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day". (Or perhaps, as per Erma Bombeck's book, it just means that your side of the fence is the one with the leaking septic tank. That's the spirit!)

MIST1119/LAWNJART-RIDIN_QWERTY_2

 Mistigram: We caught our first glimpse of this character in our 2019 April Fool's artpack collection, "Ridin' QWERTY" in the passenger side of a pickup truck, but later in November of that year we were afforded a second visitation, this candid portrait apparently taken in a doctor's examination room.

This android's createor, Jhasen "Lawnjart" Cooper, died this week after a long illness. He is survived by many friends and his robotic child, who will have to hospitalise many, many children in order to uphold the Lawnjart family name: "An estimated 6,100 people have been treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries involving lawn darts from 1936 through 1978."

ADEPTAPRIL/MAR28

 Mistigram: with the seasonal change in weather comes seasonal activities -- like visits to the country fair, and the unique culinary offerings found there. Improbable deep-fried dishes warrant their own holiday, but today is devoted to Something On A Stick! Popsicles, kebab, or tornado potatoes, there's something for everyone! This #ANSIart screen celebrating the occasion is by AdeptApril.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAR27

 Mistigram: Don't know where to start? Sometimes you just need to jump in and make a mess to get the creative juices flowing. Then you can toss your #scribble aside and, warmed up and in the zone, hunker down to draft your masterpiece, like Jackson Pollock. This #ANSIart screen commemorating the occasion of National Scribble Day was scribbled by AdeptApril.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAR26

 Mistigram: the sort of occasion that likely only occurs to calendar-makers, today is "Make Up Your Own Holiday" Day. So, if you don't like that holiday, feel free to come up with a different one. (Or fall back on today's Plan B, and start wearing #Purple.) This #ANSIart public service announcement is the handiwork of AdeptApril.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAR24

 Mistigram: it's a little late in the day, but fortunately the bar tells us last call isn't for another two hours, so if you're so inclined you can still join AdeptApril in celebrating National #Cocktail day. You might prefer yours a little less #ANSIart blocky, then again, it might be a good application for those novelty ice cube molds!